Town or city denizen, say "The Big Easy" golfer Ernie Tech-savvy rodent? Three-letter sandwich order "Toothy" woodcutter Tic-___-toe "Take a ___ peak" Toy bricks for imaginative building "The best is yet to ___" The "U" of CPU Turkish capital? Traditional "no" "___ the season to be jolly..." Tailor's line The ___ code (men's friendship etiquette) "Things are not always as they ___" Third month, briefly Took the prize home, say Title for Doubtfire or Maisel "The ___ Mermaid," 2023 musical fantasy movie whose title is an antonym for "huge" Tuna at a sushi bar Turn a ___ ear (pretend to not hear something) Take care of, as a garden or a wound Tiny thing to pick? "The best is ___ to come" Tech honcho at a startup: Abbr. "The Awakening" writer Roberts "Titanic" heroine TV's "___ Betty" "Te ___!" (Spanish confession) To and ___ (pendulum's movement) "Tit ___ tat" Trouser that may be out of breath? * Twinkler in the sky or word before 14a "The Fault in ___ Stars" Tuna, at a sushi bar "Take a walk down memory ___" Tail movement indicating a happy dog ___ to be missing, oxymoron that describes the case of a missing Christmas pie Thought spark? Take to court ___ the bottle (party game) Twelve-ounce ___ cake, oxymoronic name for a dense buttery Christmastime cake Try to get to the bottom of someone else's business? "___ there be light" Tear in some trendy jeans ___ Thai (noodle dish) Taco day, for short ___-Tarts (toaster pastries) ___ trip (car journey) Television's furry extraterrestrial The "M" in DMV "Trick or ___?" (Halloween question) Tequila serving Target for a Q-Tip ___ Tai (cocktail) The Hoosier State, for short Transparent water cube "That's so gross!" Televised singing competition "American ___" (2/8) "...There is just one thing I ___ (and I)..." "The Phantom of the Opera" lead role (7/8) "...___ than you could ever know..." "Too close ___ comfort" Towards the tail of an aircraft Theater worker with a flashlight The ___ Brothers (trio with Nick, Joe and Kevin) "The Morning Watch" author James Tongue-clicking sound "To ___ hot and cold," complete this idiom you may use during "winter" "___ the ice," complete this phrase that you may use during "winter" "They had made up ___ minds" Tai ___ (martial art) Tennis star ___ Mandlikova Tag's other name (5) "The ___ Blows" (Francois Truffaut directorial debut) The focus of holy Christian festival is the wild olive (8) Theatre worker cryptically suggests 14-across or 20-down (10,5) Three-walled sport (3,4) Tough race outsiders zipped around fourth position? (9) Tower of London too small halfway up, needing foundations lifted (5) Translated caption without an issue (5) Traps redhead returning to noble sons (7) Trying to find novel ideas (4-3,8) Turanga Leela has one Twelve refused to believe? (6) Twin hot-rod? (4) 17th largest country in area, with one of the world's oldest civilisations (4) Type of window with movable panels often found in Georgian and Victorian houses (4) They form diamonds Taking a knee in the end zone, say Toastable torus They have their pluses and minuses The "m" in E=mc^2 The wide or complete view (8) Time ___ (when a TV show airs) Triple-dog dare, say To and ___ (back and forth) "That was such an ___ comparison!" (befitting) Take a break, say Trim the lawn, say Take flight, like an eagle TV personality ___ France from "Queer Eye" ___ the top (exaggerated) Tracey ___, "Growing Pains" actress with a colorful name "Toddlers & Tiaras" network: Abbr. Tech company nicknamed "Big Blue": Abbr. "The Curious ___ of Benjamin Button" (2008 film) Tease terribly Tongue-lashing Tooth on a wheel Theory Threesome's dreadful riot (4) Time the Queen meets African leader (3) To make certain, follow around end of October (6) Treaty “The Good Earth” heroine Tennis star Murray Tank filler Tiny amounts Tic-tac-toe loser Try Tale Title Tree product Thespian The Leaky - - -, Harry Potter pub Toil away Tavern order Tell tales Trap northern elk heading off Toddler; dram Tows Taint, sully Tragic opera has Indian appearing regularly Trim sail at sea: a bad case 13, to Cato "Time __ Bottle"; Jim Croce song Take a shine to Too Think deeply Take into custody Team in the Spanish flat Taunt or bait T.rex single "_ _ _ Gun Boogie" (3) TV presenter, Ben - - -, pictured right (5) Take a risk in drama of burning intensity? Take part in coupling (4) Taking advantage of (7,4) Taking advantage of by forcing to support (7,4) Tasmanian - - -, demonic marsupial? (5) Tasteless shirt cut off by Georgia (6) Taxi I catch for the ministers (7) Tennis pundit and Strictly 2023 competitor, - - - Croft (7) Tense, buttonholed by more brusque male, but not for long That will teach silly me to carry a knife! (7) The ---, 2002 film with Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf The ---, defunct magazine with a famously complex crossword that now runs in The Times The - - -, group who had three consecutive Yuletide chart toppers (7) The - - - of Dibley, sitcom that produced some popular seasonal specials (5) The Breeze: An Appreciation Of ___ _ _ _ _, album by Eric Clapton & Friends (1-1-4) The Great ____, 1940 film starring Charlie Chaplin that satirised Nazism (8) The best medicine, supposedly The clue for "dog" (7) The core is hard to tear out (5) The dance is something you didn't expect (5) The editor returned the silly story. Tear it up (7) The finish of someone sleeping while US noise rock band play (9) "The first mate, he got drunk, and broke in the captain's trunk ", 1966 (5-4-1) The hit songs remixed into one number by Bastille (5-6) The learner, in a panic, went into the tree (7) The official motto of the Royal Air Force (in Latin) (3,5,2,5) The smallest group named by Green Day (8) The speed at which number three travels is very poor (5-4) The warning also stands (4) Theatre sketch show (5) Their debut album was The Lexicon Of Love (3) They were "Really Saying Something" along with Bananarama (3-3-5) This was pretty cirrus stuff from The Orb (6-6-6) Thunberg say outrageously great Thyme keepers? Time to add some spice To dispute or bargain persistently over the cost of something (6) Tories laid out leaders (10) Tosses a coin Toyota model name meaning "stroll" in Spanish Treatment for adult with 'proven hysteria'? (8,7) Trendy comic: a big success (4,2) Trendy greeting in Cricket Club (4) Triumphant queen abandoning last old American (10) Trophy won a record 14 times by Arsenal FC Trouble there will be if you buy the infernal thing? (4,2,3) Try name for promoter Barry (5) Tutor portrayer in 'The Last Emperor' Two seamen, one from central Asia (6) Type of training for teachers Takes offense at "To your health!" toast Tickle Tape dispenser insert This evening "The Barber and ___ Wife" ("Sweeney Todd" song) "The Candy House" author Jennifer Team The Washington ___ "That's no surprise to me" Treat badly Tree fluid Those people Took a photo of Tear to shreds Tennis great Bjorn Type of tea Treatment for adult with 'proven hysteria'? Taking into custody Trace Tool held by head zealot (4) Transport road vehicle by railway (5) Truthful account by member of the clergy (8) __ the hole (2 wds.) ____ Turner, actor who played Shaun Emery in TV series The Capture (6) tries to hide Taken __: startled "Titans" actor Morales Toy with a string and a tail Telepathic letters Tirade Tulle skirt Tolkien monster "This isn't my first __" To be, in old Rome Take off for a second journey (5) Talk to me, pet (6) Tantalise with meals, say (5) Ted ......, 1974-75 Wigan rugby coach (6) Teen movie given a 2023 reboot by writer Tina Fey (4,5) The Wrong_, romantic black comedy with David Spade (5) The chaperon expected the girl back (6) The summer, Germany becomes part of the combine (6) The waster was ejected, pub being about to shut up (6) The way you speak when you speak haltingly (7) These little gentlemen lie about what kind of people they are (8) Tim ......, US golfer (6) To knock down is cruel (4) To which a golfer will quietly say "Hole the ball"? (6) Toerag (3) Told on (5) Told people about the separation (5) Too authoritative (9) Town in Lanarkshire (8)